Las palabras interrogativos

Spanish Question Words

Las palabras interrogativos

Spanish Question Words

Las palabras interrogativas

Who ¿Quién?/Quiénes?With whom ¿Con quién/-es?What ¿Qué?How ¿Cómo?Where ¿Dónde?To where ¿Adónde? From where ¿De dónde? When ¿Cuándo? At what time ¿A qué hora? Why ¿Por qué? For what ¿Para qué? How often ¿Con qué frecuencia? Which ¿Cuál/Cuáles?How much/many ¿Cuánto/-a/-os

Notice that the Spanish interrogatives all have accent marks. This is important when writing because these words have different meanings without the accent marks.

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¿Qué? vs ¿Cuál?

Qué means "what" when we need to define something:

¿Qué es esto? What is that?

¿Qué haces? What are you doing?

Cuál means "which" but it also can function as "what". We use Cuál to mean "what" when we are identifying something:

¿Cuál es su nombre? What is your name?

--meaning, "of all the names there are, which is yours?"

If you asked, ¿Qué es su nombre?, you would be asking what type or kind of name do you have - Irish? English? Cuban?

¿Cuál es su número de teléfono? What is your telephone number?

--meaning, "of all the phone numbers there are, which is yours?"

If you asked, ¿Qué es su número de teléfono?, you would be asking what is a telephone number (it's a series of numbers one enters into a telephone in order to call another person's telephone.

There is a basic rule of thumb that we use Qué with nouns and Cuál with verbs:

Word order:

You learned that the conjugated verb in Spanish implies the following forms:ella estudia:she studiesshe is studyingshe does studyWhen forming a question without a question word: Does she study? in Spanish the word order is: conjugated verb / subject / rest of words¿Estudia ella? means She studies?Does she study?Is she studying?

When using interrogatives, the word order is:interrogative / verb / subject / rest of words

Verse 1:“¿Cuándo?” is the word you use to ask somebody whenAnd to find out who you’ll have to use word, “¿quién?”What what what in Spanish is a quite small word it’s “¿qué?”To ask the question why you’ll have to use the phrase, “¿por qué?”U, use the phrase, “¿por qué?”U, use the phrase, “¿por qué?”To ask the question why you’ll have to use the phrase, “¿por qué?”

Verse 2:“¿Dónde?” it means where as in the phrase I’m gonna say:“¿A dónde vas tú hoy?” means where are you going today?“¿Cómo?” is the word you use to find out how, o.k.?“¿Cómo estás?” means how you doin’?, it’s so easy

Chorus:¿Cuánto? and ¿cuándo? ¿cómo? ¿cuál? ¿quién? ¿qué? and there’s more¿Por qué? and ¿dónde? now what are they good for?Asking questions when you can’t go on anymoreImportant are interrogatives for sure!(Note: 2 x last time through)

Use these all you want at your school and homeUse these when you use your telephoneUse these during Spanish ClubAnd the answers will always be knownUse these all you want at your school and homeUse these when you use your telephoneUse these during Spanish ClubAnd the answers will always be known(Note: Go to “End Tag” when sung after Verse 3)

Bridge:Using these question words will help you speak Spanish much fasterGet your answers fasterGive your answers fasterUsing these question words will help to prevent a disasterYou’ll be able to answerKnowing what they might ask ya…

Verse 3:“¿Cuál?” you’ll use to find out which yeah that’s what you’ll say“¿Cuál es tu favorito? means which one is your fav?Sometimes you’ll want to use”¿Cuánto?” like when you bargainUse “¿Cuánto cuesta?” to find out the price they’re askingThe price they’re askingThe price askingUse “¿Cuánto cuesta?” to find out the price they’re asking

To Chorus…

End Tag:Always be knownAl-al-always be knownUse these when you’re at Spanish ClubAnd the answers will always be known(2x)